legislation: 116-hr-8440

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116-hr-8440 116 hr 8440 Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 Taxation 2020-09-29 2020-09-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] CA D T000460 2 Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 This bill sets forth tax relief provisions for taxpayers residing in a disaster zone. Specifically, the bill allows penalty-free qualified disaster distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans up to $100,000, allows recontributions of distributions for home purchases cancelled due to disasters, increases to $100,000 the limit on loans from retirement plans not treated as distributions, allows an employee retention tax credit for 40% of wages paid by employers affected by a disaster, expands eligibility for disaster-related personal casualty losses, permits the calculation of the earned income tax credit based upon income earned prior to 2020, and suspends the limitation on corporate charitable contributions. 2023-01-11T13:44:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8440

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